A trusted banker walks away with $1.3 million in untraceable cash.
John Anthony Quinn
Suspect:
Gender: Male
DOB: 1/7/40
Height: 5’7”
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Defining Characteristics: Fluent in Spanish
Remarks: Authorities believe he may now be living somewhere in Hawaii or near Baltimore, Maryland. He may be using the name Calvin Clukey.
CASE DETAILS
Jack Quinn was Vice President and General Manager of Federal Protection Services, a company that provided security and armed guards to banks and other financial institutions. Every day, the firm handled millions of dollars in cash.
Quinn’s driver’s license
On the morning of Saturday, April 9, 1988, Jack arrived at his office early, as usual. Only a supervisor, Harry Goldberg, was working that morning. According to Harry, there was nothing unusual:
“I walked down the hall several times to pick up coffee or whatever. And every time I’d go past that window, I’d look in and see him sitting at the desk, just as calm, cool and collected as you’d ever want to see him.”
Somehow, without being noticed, Quinn spent most of the morning in the vault transferring the money into boxes. He put the money from the vault into the trunk of his company car and an additional $107,000 into the trunk of his personal car. He then asked Harry Goldberg to follow him home. When he arrived home, Quinn dropped off his car, and said goodbye to his wife. Harry Goldberg drove Quinn back to the office. Quinn got into the company car that now held over a million dollars, and headed to the airport. Police believed he had transferred 1.3 million dollars into suitcases. When he arrived at the airport, Quinn unloaded his car and vanished. James Cavanaugh, a Special Agent for the FBI, was a lead investigator on the case:
“The trail for Quinn stops at Palm Beach International Airport. From that point we have no idea where Mr. Quinn has gone. Indications are that he did not take a plane. He did not rent a car and he did not take a cab.”
Quinn quietly cleaned out the safe
When her husband failed to come home that evening, Quinn’s wife called his office. They had no idea where he was or what he had done. The next morning she found the $107,000 in the trunk of their car and turned it in to the police. She also found a letter that read in part, “I have done something very wrong and I can’t stay and face the consequences.” According to Special Agent Cavanaugh, Quinn walked away with untraceable bills:
“There are no pre-recorded serial numbers. There are no bait bills. The monies are of a varied denomination and basically could never be traced to him.”
Quinn was known to appreciate the good life. He rented a 10- acre horse ranch. Friends wondered how he could afford this extravagant lifestyle on his $35,000 a year income.
Total take: $1.3 million
In their investigation, police learned that Quinn had once been suspected of stealing $70,000 at another firm before he went to work at Federal Protection Services. Carl Fulgenzi was the President of Federal Protection Services at the time of Quinn’s theft:
“Several weeks prior to this theft, we learned that the IRS was after Jack Quinn to settle a substantial amount of money. It was quite obvious to me that the reason he pulled this job is because he was going to lose everything and possibly go to jail.”
There were also reports that Quinn had been conducting an ongoing affair. A month prior to the theft, Quinn would leave home at 5 AM, yet not arrive at work until 9:30. Police speculated that he used the time to see his girlfriend. They also speculated that the two may have run away together.
Whatever the reasons for his disappearance, today Jack Quinn is a wanted man. In all, Quinn walked away with 1.3 million dollars. Authorities believe he is living somewhere in Hawaii or near Baltimore, Maryland, and going by the name Calvin Clukey.
Watch this case now on Amazon Prime in season one with Robert Stack and season three with Dennis Farina. Also available on YouTube with Dennis Farina. Various seasons available now on Hulu.
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Erika
It’s sad his wife was left impoverished and addicted to the drink… I wish he would get caught but observing how he liked spending cash I’m guessing that 1.3 million didn’t last as long as everyone might like to believe. If he’s still alive his day is coming, we might not get to see it but it’s coming.
Sean
It’s crazy they can’t catch him..they had him in 92 but they missed him in Houston
Alan Phillips
I randomly watched this episode and googled his name, and found this recent article of missing person in Maryland. August 2022. 70yr old man by name Dale Calvin Cluckey. I know he is supposed to be 81 born in 1948, but I saw he had an odd alias with a dob 1952. That alias dob would make him 70. The picture posted looks very similar, especially facial features around the eyes and his beard around the goatee, looks similar to an old drivers license on the fbi or unsolved mysteries site.
https://dailyvoice.com/maryland/montgomery/police-fire/alert-issued-for-missing-70-year-old-rockville-man-with-medical-issues/839706/
X-citement!!
Yea Jenny but people would have got their insured money back so then the only entity that would have been stuck would have been the government. However, they would have just printed more money and add it on top of their humongous debt that accumulates more each and every day for the most ridiculous stuff ever!
That’s why people are rooting this guy on! To move out of this country just to another country that’s just as corrupt, if not more, is actually a bit of a hassle as well. So now I hope you understand people rooting for the enemy. And if you think an adulterous thief is worse than the people running this country, well you better wake up! His crimes are minor compared to those with all the power and all the money.
Tom
Stealing is wicked whether the money is insured or not. You don’t get to take other people’s stuff. Plus he left his son without a father and his wife ended up impoverished and dependent on alcohol. He is no one to admire.
Jenny from the Block
Interesting comments. I hope he got away, I hope he got away! Wow. So – it’s bad if the IRS allegedly “robs” people (even though you choose to live in a country that abides – financially – by the rules & regs of the IRS, thus making yourself subject to those same rules & regs you want to claim are “robbing” you) – but it’s okay if some adulterous con-man does the same thing? Ahhhh, the double standards of the downtrodden. Despite the fact that the funds held in banks and most financial institutions is federally insured (meaning it’s guaranteed to be replaced in the event of theft), it still belongs to the working stiff. Oh, wait – that would be YOU, anonymous commenter who rejoices in the fact that you just got robbed – not by the IRS, but by the guy someone trusted to make sure you didn’t get robbed. Good call.
WHITE PERSON
I’m happy he got away, the IRS ROBS innocent hard working people, i hope he enjoyed every last penny of it!
Anson
He left his wife money he knew what he was doing and she turned it in.
Ben Dover
He got away with this! I hoped he lived all those 30yrs with all that money! He is probably dead or in a nursing home by now.